Originally Posted by
flyingsioux
So I'm currently on reserve at a regional and am torn about my situation. The reason I chose this particular regional is because I live in domicile and didn't want to commute. During the interview I was told "you'll hold your first choice of base out of training" and of course that isn't the case....been on reserve for about a month now commuting for a "two or three days reserve, followed by two days off" schedule and got the same thing for December. As of the latest vacancy there are no openings in my domicile thru April and I REALLY don't want to commute for the next six months. Advice? Opinions? Flamings? Fire away
First, welcome to the airline world. You've been lied to by the company. Get use to it, it won't be the first or last time in your career. Second, sitting reserve, working weekends and holidays, and crappy trips as a new hire is called paying your dues. So suck it up, it's only been a month. Making a lateral move is foolish unless things won't get better for a long time. You need to look at the bigger picture because it will probably be years till you get your shot at a major. Life gets better with seniority, be patient.